filthily
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Definition
- Adverb:
- In a disgustingly dirty or foul manner: Describes an action done with extreme dirtiness, squalor, or moral corruption.
- In an obscene or vile manner: Describes something done in a way that is morally repulsive or indecent.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- The kitchen was filthily dirty, with grime covering every surface.
- He spoke filthily, using language that shocked everyone in the room.
- The stray dog, filthily matted with mud, wandered the streets.
Advanced Usage
- "to live filthily": to reside in a state of extreme squalor and uncleanliness.
- The reports described how the tenants were forced to live filthily in the condemned building.
- "to behave filthily": to act in a morally corrupt or obscene way.
- The character in the novel behaved filthily, betraying everyone who trusted him.
Variants and Related Words
- Filthy (adjective): extremely dirty, or morally obscene and offensive.
- The windows were filthy.
- It was a filthy lie.
- Filth (noun): disgusting dirt, or offensive and obscene material.
- The alley was full of filth.
- The book was accused of being pure filth.
- Filthiness (noun): the state or quality of being filthy.
Synonyms
- Dirtily: in a dirty manner.
- Squalidly: in a state of extreme dirtiness and poverty.
- Foully: in a disgustingly dirty or wicked manner.
- Obscenely: in an offensive or indecent manner.
Antonyms
- Cleanly: in a clean manner.
- Purely: in a pure, clean, or chaste manner.
- Decently: in a proper and morally acceptable manner.
Related Phrases
- "Filthily rich" (informal, idiomatic): extremely wealthy, often with a connotation of the wealth being obtained through corrupt or immoral means.
- The corrupt official was filthily rich from his bribes.
Adverb
- in a filthy unclean manner
- a dirtily dressed camel driver